6.2 Context Managers & the 'with' Statement Protocol
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6.2 Context Managers & the 'with' Statement Protocol

Topic Summary

Prevent memory and socket leaks using Python context managers, __enter__, __exit__, and contextlib.contextmanager.

What You Will Learn
• Understand the context management protocol: `__enter__` and `__exit__`. • Manage file handles and database connections with the `with` statement. • Build custom generator context managers using `@contextlib.contextmanager`.
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